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Principles of Visual Design and Design Methods

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge about theories of design, principles of design, and methodologies of solving design problems, as well as the skills of collecting and interpreting data, thinking creatively, assessing characteristics and performance of different solutions, combining and exchanging different ideas, and selecting appropriate solutions through effective collaboration and teamwork.
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Quality Education

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Principles and elements of visual design. Concept generation: the meaning of concepts, sources of idea generation, develop and present ideas and designs. Architectural expressions via navigating through architecture trends and schools, potentials & limitations, from concept to form, and expression multi-layers. Creative problem solving (CPS) exploring the four Ps of creativity (creative person, creative press, creative process, and creative product). The four profiles of the CPS (clarifying, ideation, development, and implementation).
  • Arabic Description

    Principles and elements of visual design. Concept generation: the meaning of concepts, sources of idea generation, develop and present ideas and designs. Architectural expressions via navigating through architecture trends and schools, potentials & limitations, from concept to form, and expression multi-layers. Creative problem solving (CPS) exploring the four Ps of creativity (creative person, creative press, creative process, and creative product). The four profiles of the CPS (clarifying, ideation, development, and implementation).
  • Department
    Architecture Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Student Activities (50 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 30% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Oral/Practical (15) + Exam Grade (20)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • - Book Chapter: A Working Definition - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 14). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book excerpt: Creativity for Everybody Haydon, K., & Harvey, J. (2015). Creativity for everybody (p. 6,7,10,11,16,17,70,71). New York, New York: Sparkitivity, LLC.
  • - Book Chapter: The Four Ps - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 15). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: Creative Climate- Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 16). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: FourSight Model- Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 64). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: Brainstorming - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 26-27 & 76-77 ). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapters: Creativity Rising Puccio, G. (2012). Creativity rising: Creative thinking and creative problem solving in the 21st century (pp. 45-63). Buffalo, N.Y.: ICSC Press, International Center for Studies in Creativity. - Book Chapter: A Working Definition Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 14). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.